Okay, so before we're all got excited waiting for the report from our Leg 4 Bali on the ground team, I'd just like to add some more pictures to our photo gallery or album whichever, from Melbourne airport

Coutzy has explained them very clearly and detailed what's happening there, and the photos were also great, these ones below might be a little bit poor in quality (taken from mobile phone), but yeah..it's there..

so...

The first one out of the arrival door was the Utah father/son team, in front of them were the camera and sound crew, this is taken at approx. 6.15PM - and we were surprised the terminal was sooo quiet, like there's only a reall few people waiting for their friends/family to pick up there...

and then...

here comes the second team out of the door, the infamous not-asian F/F team, Winnie and Cam, they're out not long after the father/son, approx. 6.18PM, followed by their cameraman..

the two teams were headed Left onto the escalator, which will take them to the domestic terminal, but first, they gathered in some point (which where our other friend, loseaguy, took his role here.. listening to the conversation), but we'll get back to this shortly..

oh! I also got to tell you when these two teams passed by us... we were like... whaaattt?? heyy.... where's those panicking.. running.. rushing.. loud-shouting.. atmosphere that we're expecting to be happen as soon as they're out of the door...

next...

There's this mysterious team came out third, at approx. 6.20PM,

I don't really know, and not quite sure if this is the M/M team that Winnie & Cam referred to as the Hockey Players? or they're just some random backpakcers

Apologize for only snapping them from the back, as they walked really fast straight to the Right (opposite the other two teams) and disappear from our sight...

These are couple more pictures of father/son entering the domestic terminal security checkpoint, but I'll explain this later, together with loseaguy's snaps below....

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now.. move on to loaseaguy's story.. he told me to just go ahead tell the forum, as he's kinda a bit sad knowing the fact that teams are not racing in melbourne

here's where the two teams went after exiting the arrival door :

So as he standing at the opposite end of the door (there are two doors, me-coutzy-and raff were at the right end, and loseaguy on the left end),

he was trying to catch the conversation between these two teams, one thing that he's learned is that Winnie and Cam speak about getting on the second place at the last pit stop, and is this a sign that teams didn't really know their rival's position until they meet each other at the later times?

and also they were wondering around about the remaining teams, what flight they're on, where's the connection point, maybe they didn't notice the other teams because they were on the LEAD!

that's about all that loseaguy remember...

now here's the next scene :

Utah father/son team separated with Winnie & Cam when they reached the second floor (Departure Terminal)

me and loseaguy were following father/son going to Qantas domestic, while coutzy and his friend followed winnie and cam, going to Virgin Airlines domestic.

on the above pictures, you can see father/son trying to get through the security checkpoint, and as he put all the bags and their belonging, and the son almost enter the body-censor thingy, one of the guard stopped them and escorted them to the special lane, i don't know if this has gotta do with the father's moon boot or what

anyway, here's the snap when they're being told to move to the special lane :

so... that's about it I guess, feel free to comment

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I was in uluwatu today checking out a surf spot and ran into the cast of the amazing race. They were filming the end to one of the segments. ( I don't watch the show) but these girls kept running up and down the stairs from the beach to the top of the cliff. with a surf board followed by a camera crew. Pretty cool.

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Sounds like peach and Alen were right to me! I will of course contact for more info

Alright, so the above itinerary is just a temporary only, the task and description below is what the detective team saw and observed. Please bear in mind that our on the ground team is not in their best shape because some of them just barely finished their overnight work (haven't sleep at all) and some of them are catching up after school.

PART.I (Airport scene & Detour)

As we know from the previous live sightings and travel information that Coutzy, Peach, Leafsfan and Neobie provided, I directly contacted friends and relatives in Indonesia, specifically Bali to ask for some help, and very fortunate some of them are willing and eager to help as they are a die-hard fans of TAR.

08.37 AM

ND arrived at the airport and directly run towards the international arrival terminal. When he entered the terminal, he saw the announcement board that Indonesia-Air Asia Flight from Perth has landed.In a very quick time, 5 minutes later, comes the most-awaited moment of truth, teams run out of the door and rushing to the taxi queue,

The first team out the door was Winnie and Cam (not-asian), and then behind them was Utah Father/Son, and there's the third team (which I really shocked how on earth they catch up the flight ) was the M/F team (not-sure speculated florida team by Kandace (male green shoes)

ND straight away following the M/F team, but unfortunately the distance between his motorcycle park from the international terminal is too far away, so he lost them...

Feel frustrated because he lost the track, he try to go away from the airport and decided to drive around the famous tourist location, Kuta beach, but they're none... he's driving again, and this time try to pass the Bali Bombing Monument in Legian (hoping that teams are gonna give a sympathy of some sort for the victims), but they're none... so he's now decide to go back to the airport, with a hope that the second flight will arrive shortly.

9.30 AM

ND back to the airport, but this time he's got a good strategy, he's not parking his bike at the parking lot anymore, but instead he waited on his bike at the exit gate of the car park, so that he can directly follow the taxi from behind.

11.00AM

...and he still waiting... and seconds later, finally there's a taxi with one team but he's not able to see because the taxi's passanger window was pitch black. He drives for his life, but then again... he stuck at the redlight and lost thier track... damn...

ND's feeling is not friendly anymore , he's on fire now, he waited at the traffic lights, the intersection where he lose the previous team, because he's certain that there's another team behind and might be went to the same direction..

Finally, one taxi passed by with a team and the crew inside, now he's back in it, back on track , ND is having a thought that they're going to Ubud, Gianyar regency, and bingo!, they're heading there..

The team that he followed was Joey and Meghan.

The fact is, their taxi lost direction several times, and finally J&M arrived in front of a gallery in Ubud (Kenanga Terracotta). Approx. 10 minutes later, they continue their journey to the Monkey Forest and Sanctuary for the Detour. Here, ND snapped several pictures..

--- END OF PART.1 --

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Mid Canterbury is set to feature on television screens around the world after award winning television series The Amazing Race stopped off in the district yesterday.

Details of what exactly the race contestants did while in Mid Canterbury were being kept firmly under wraps by those in the know yesterday, but the Guardian understands teams were seen camping in the Rakaia Gorge area on Sunday night.

They were then seen jet boating in the Rakaia River yesterday morning, before heading to Mount Hutt Station where they appeared to take part . . .

in about 15 minutes time, Joey and Meghan done their task, unfortunately he can't see what's inside because there's a prohibition signs... but don't worry, we have some pictures with Phil and the clue box inside the monkey forest when Ovalorange got the permission from the poster.

ND try to follow J&M's taxi, but after a few miles, he then again stucked by the traffic lights and lost them...

ND sent me a text message and asking for information, and I gave him the tweet that Alenaveda posted about the possiblity of teams sighted at Uluwatu Beach.. Go to uluwatu champ!!

The distacne between Monkey Forest to Uluwatu Beach is approx. 2 hours driving (by car), and just to make things more intense, with the temparature almost reached 43 degree Celcius, driving a motorcycle without roof, it was HOT and humid tropical sweating... Poor ND hasn't got a sleep, starving, and sweatening but I keep motivate him to not give up (even though sounds a bit evil-ish) come on! you can do it

3.00 PM

He arrived at Uluwatu, and finally saw some teams doing their Roadblock task.

and several others... (he can't recognize them perfectly because they were seen individually doing the roadblock)and he try to find out where's the other partner was waiting, but he can't, so he stayed there for the duration of the roadblock...

The roadblock task is something to do with the surf boards...

First, teams must find this surf shop :

when they did, they must search among the surfing boards for a specific type of board (or with a specific mark on it) and bring it down to the beach and do something with it (which ND can't really see... again, security issue.. )

A lot of team members struggling with this roadblock task, as he can observed them going up and down, back and forth to exchange the surf boards from the shops to the beach.. a lot of teams did some mistakes..

Now, here's some team members that he able to snapped, if you can help identify them, that would be great

- Son from the Utah Father/Son- Joey from Vloggers Joey/Meghan- Male from M/M team (the male wearing blue singlet top (tank-top)

PIT STOP

Teams now need to bring their surf board and walk on foot to the next Pit Stop, Uluwatu Beach, on the sightseeing spot (I predict this is a newly created veranda)

marked path to the pit stop :

Here we can see Phil Keoghan wearing white shirt and his favourite hat getting ready to greet the teams :

In the picture below, ND witnessed a F/F team checked in with Phil, but cannot clearly see who they were because the security was so damn tight and threatening him and his friends to go away or else they're gonna call bodyguards and local police..!

Now,.. THIS IS AN ELIMINATION LEG!

Teams who checked-in and were SAFE are listed NOT-IN-ORDER below:

1. Utah Father/Son

2. Light Blue Blonde Girls

3. Kandace's speculated Florida M/F

4. Not-Asian Winnie and Cam

5. Alabama Chuck and Wynona

6. Vloggers Joey and Meghan

7. Latina looking Red F/F team

8. Hockey players M/M

AT RISK OF ELIMINATION :

9. Unknown M/F Green-Pink Team

Additional notes:

- Up until 5.00PM local time, only 4 teams that have barely checked-in- We will get a sunset view (hopefully) from the coast of Bali's Uluwatu Beach - The LEG-4 finished at 7.00PM- Phil directly transffered to the hotel for a while before he continue his journey to another destination- Our on the ground team are not able to sneak-hear where they're heading next, but I gues we just found a tweet this morning at the airport

Well, that's about all that we've got folks, I hope you guys enjoy the report and please give a big appreciation for ND and his team for this excellent, superb, awesome work (I, myself, about to cry when he told the story in indonesian language, , he sacrifices so much that day... but we all love you!! )

See you guys in the next season of INDONESIA VISIT!!! Now be thankful and don't bitching about Indonesia anymore..!!!

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